TY - BOOK AU - Taher-Kermani,Reza TI - The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry T2 - Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture : ECSVC SN - 9781474448161 AV - PR129.P38 T34 2020 U1 - 820.93255 23 PY - 2022///] CY - Edinburgh : PB - Edinburgh University Press, KW - Comparative literature KW - English and Persian KW - Persian and English KW - English literature KW - Iranian influences KW - English poetry KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - Iran KW - Literary Studies KW - Englisch KW - gnd KW - Lyrik KW - Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft KW - Motiv KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Series Editor’s Preface --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1. Persia in the West --; 2. Persia and Nineteenth-Century English Poetry --; 3. ‘Sohrab and Rustum’ --; 4. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám --; 5. Ferishtah’s Fancies --; Epilogue: The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - A study of the wealth of meanings that ‘Persia’ – real or imagined – held for Victorian poetryTakes a broad, interdisciplinary approach to a significant strand in the ‘Oriental’ texture of Victorian poetry Contributes to a growing body of research on the process of cultural exchange between the West and the ‘Orient’ Provides the first systematic index of nineteenth-century ‘Persianised’ poemsOffers a distinctive mix of history and literature, dealing with an array of texts, ranging from ancient Greece to nineteenth-century British travel writings The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry surveys the variety of ways in which Persia, and the multitude of ideological, historical, cultural and political notions that it embodied, were received, circulated and appropriated. Providing the first systematic index of nineteenth-century poems that were in any way involved with Persia, the book explores its presence across a broad range of works incorporating literary, historical and cultural material UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474448185?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474448185 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474448185/original ER -